Kitchen cabinet



M. COPPES KITCHEN CABINET May 1, 1928. 1,668,232

Filed March 12. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented May 1, 1928.

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This invention relates to kitchen: cabinets and the like and is fully described in the following specification and shown in the ac companying drawings, in which i Figure 1 is aperspectiveview of a cabinet embodying the invention showing the extension table withdrawn; i i y Fig. 2 is a partial enlarged horizontal section on the line 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a similar section on the broken line 33 of Fig. 4; i

Fig. 4 is a partial vertical section on the line 4: of Figs. 2 and 3, and Fig. 5 is a partial horizontal section on the line 5 of Fig. 4.

The embodiment illustrated comprises a kitchen cabinet of a well-known type having a base for pots, pans and the like, supported on legs 11 and covered by a sliding top 12. Above this is a cabinet 13 having a roller front 14, the upper portion of this cabinet being closed by means of doors 15.

To the above well-known construction, I have added a sliding table top 16 which is supported on slides 17 by means of screws 18.

The slides 17 one at each end of'the table top are provided with dovetailed grooves 19 in Which slide correspondingly dovetailed keys 20 on the floating member 21. This floating member in turn is provided with a similar dovetailed key-way 22 into which fits a dovetailed key 23 on the side member 24: which is secured to the frame of the cabinet by means of bolts 25 or the like.

It will be understood that the construction illustrated on the left-hand side of the kitchen cabinet substantially duplicated on the right-hand side so that the table 16 may be withdrawn, the guide 17 sliding through the floating member 21 until the pin 26 encounters the rear end of the slot 27 after which the floating member 21 is drawn forward until the rear end: of the slot 28 strikes the pin 29. The forward position of the table16 is fixed by the point at which the pins 26 and 29 rests against the rear ends of the slots 27 and 28. Likewise, these slots are so proportioned that the rear or closed position of the top 16 is also fixed by the forward ends of these slots strikingthe pins 26 and 29. r p

A front board 30 extends across the front ends of the guides 17 and is securedthereto by means of screws 31. Drawers 32 are slidably mounted-many well-known. manner bencat-hthe tabletop 16.,

In kitchcnettes and the like ,wherepspace is at a premium the table top 16 which is preferably of wood maybe withdrawn as shown in Fig. 1, therebyproviding a 0.01%

venient' table upon which a small family may eat or upon which operations connected with cooking may be performed. A novel feature of this construction too, resides in the fact that the drawers 32 are extended with the table top 16 so that they are always within easy reach of anyone sitting at this table or working thereon.

For theordinary operations ,of cooking, however, the extension top 12 which is preferably of sheet metal as shown in Fig. 5 is provided, this top being slidable into the cabinet or withdrawable therefrom, its limits of motion being set by the pin 12 operating in the slot 12.

- The useful co-operation and co-ordination between the sliding top 12 and the sliding table top 16 is to be particularly noted. The sliding top 12 may be made of metal and used in connection with the cooking operations. The table top 16 may be made of wood and more especially adapted for the serving of meals on its surface. It is to be noted, however, that the metal top 12 slides in and out. Hcretofore, one of the objections to such a sliding top was that, when the same is out, the drawers, which may contain kitchen implements, are rather inaccessible. Also, with the top extended, it is impossible to pull the drawers out far enough to reach proved kitchen cabinet, the member 16, entirely apart from its availability as a sliding table top, acts as a carrier for the drawers 32 in connection with the sliding top 12, so that, whether this top 12 is in or out, the drawers 32 may be moved to a convenient position adjacent its forward edge,

where their entire contents will be easily implements in the back thereof. In my im- Also, when the table topv 16 is pushed back, the top 12 acts as a protective coverin therefor, preventing injury to the top 16 an shielding the same from dust and dirt. It is to be noted also that, by the provision of two sliding members, such as 12 and 16, one of these is normally always (or practically always) pushed back to serve as a dust-cover for the top of the base 10 which usually houses the pots and pans. 7 With' without departing from the spirit and scope V of the invention as disclosed in the appended claim.

I claim: 7 l

Ina kitchen cabinet of the type having a relatively wide base cabinet portion and a relatively narrower cabinet portion supported on the rear of said base portion, the combination of atop mounted on said base portion, a table mounted under said top, means for permitting said top to be slid forwardly beyond the front of said base portion, exten sible slides associated with said base and table to permit said table to be extended beyond the said top when the latter is in extended position. and a drawer mounted under the forward portion of the table.

MARVIN COPPES. 

